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Herwig Van Staa: ''The Congress will expand further the operational pillar of its work''

Herwig Van Staa: ''The Congress will expand further the operational pillar of its work''[14/11/2012]

“The Congress priorities for 2013-2016 will serve to ensure maximum contribution to the Council of Europe core objectives of promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law,” stressed Congress President Herwig Van Staa during the exchange of views with the Ministers’ Deputies, on 14 November in Strasbourg. The President presented the current action of the Congress to develop its operational capacity, to make sure that it’s monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, observation of local and regional elections and thematic activities lead to a concrete follow-up. “Our ambition today is to translate the results of these activities into concrete operations on the ground in member states, targeting specific problems and bringing about improvement of the situation”, he said.